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ERIC Number: EJ1151456
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Sep
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
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Faculty Service Loads and Gender: Are Women Taking Care of the Academic Family?
Guarino, Cassandra M.; Borden, Victor H.
Research in Higher Education, v58 n6 p672-694 Sep 2017
This paper investigates the amount of academic service performed by female versus male faculty. We use 2014 data from a large national survey of faculty at more than 140 institutions as well as 2012 data from an online annual performance reporting system for tenured and tenure-track faculty at two campuses of a large public, Midwestern University. We find evidence in both data sources that, on average, women faculty perform significantly more service than men, controlling for rank, race/ethnicity, and field or department. Our analyses suggest that the male-female differential is driven more by internal service--i.e., service to the university, campus, or department--than external service--i.e., service to the local, national, and international communities--although significant heterogeneity exists across field and discipline in the way gender differentials play out.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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